Valid Names Results

Mixorthezia morrisoni Konczné Benedicty & Kozár in Kozár, 2004 (Ortheziidae: Mixorthezia)

Nomenclatural History

• Mixorthezia morrisoni Konczné Benedicty & Kozár in Kozár 2004: 198. Type data: CUBA: Sierra de la Gran Piedra, 27/05/1979, T. Pocs.. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Budapest: Plant Protection Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary; accepted valid name Notes: The slide contains a larva, too. Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Kozar2004: pp.176-177 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the species of Mixorthezia]

Remarks

• Systematics: This species is similar to M. cubana and M. giuseppinae, but differs from both by the weakly developed third row of wax spines within the ovisac band (Kozár, 2004).
• Structure: Antennae 4 segmented; setae of antenna spine-like; 1 sensory fleshy seta on apical segment. (Kaydan, et al., 2016)
• Biology: Specimens have been collected in moss and forest litter (Kozár, 2004).
• Economic Importance: Specimens were collected on forest litter and moss (Kozár, 2004).
• General Remarks: Original description and illustration in Kozár (2004).

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